# Discourse 2.8 Released! | Blog

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-8-released-blog/216210
**Category:** Blog
**Created:** [January 27, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-8-released-blog/216210 "2022-01-27T15:29:14Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-8-released-blog/216210/7 "2022-02-01T16:21:48Z")

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This post explains when week, month or a total count are shown.

> [@Total number of topics / Topics par month on the category page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/total-number-of-topics-topics-par-month-on-the-category-page/211134/2):
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> The short answer is that you - as an admin - have a different category list. As an admin, you have access to private categories. I say admin here to keep it simple, but this also applies to regular users that have access to private categories. So, the total number of categories on your list is higher. Note that I’m only talking about categories, not subcategories. You can ignore subcategories for now. So, how does this relate to whether Discourse shows you 2 / week or 17 / month or 4.4k? It i…

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